Sedum

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sedum \Se"dum\, n. [NL., fr. L. sedere to sit; so called in
     allusion to the manner in which the plants attach themselves
     to rocks and walls.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leaves
     and cymose flowers; orpine; stonecrop. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sedum
       n : any of various plants of the genus Sedum